Pipe hanger.



Patentd' sep'i. 0.1899. T. FEE & T. MASON.

PIPE uHANGER.

Application filed Dec. 10, 1898.)

(No Medef.)

Wivz @afgis z nofws PETERS co.. momumo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS FE AND THOMAS MASON, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

PIPE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,70 5, datedSeptember 12, 1899,

lApplication filed December 10,1898. Serial N0. 698,931. (No model.)

To all 7071/0771/ it muy concern:

Beit known that we, THOMAS FEE, residing at New York, borough ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings, and THOMAS MASON, residing at NewYork, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York, State of NewYork, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new andusefullmprovements in Pipe- Hangers; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to suspending orsupporting devices, andparticularly to those employed to support water, steam, or other pipes;and some of the objects of the invention are to provide a device of thischaracter cheap in construction and positive and eective in operationand particularly where adjustment can be readily effected, so that thehanger can easily be made to fit pipes of different sizes or diameters.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists,essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of partssubstantially as hereinafter more fully described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a top plan view of our improved pipe-hanger, showing aportion of pipe in position therein. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail view of theconnecting link or coupling, and Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate details of theadjusting-holder.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character l designates apipe-hanger provided with plates or wings 2, having holes or openings 3,for attaching screws or nails, whereby the hanger is secured in thedesired position upon the ceiling or wall of the building where it isdesired to support or suspend the water, steam, or other pipes, or thehanger may be employed in connection with various kinds of pipes, and bythe easyadj nstability thereof can be made to fit different-sized pipes.

The plates 2 are preferably cut awayinterare preferably provided withsegmental or.

other jaws 8, Figs. 1 and 3, adapted to receive and retain a pipe in themanner illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3, and, if desired, the grippingor inner faces of these jaws may be provided with serrations or teeth tofacilitate the action thereof, and the front or top of the plates orwings 2 may be ornamented in any preferred manner to produce anattractive device.

The link or coupling 5 is provided with end openings 6 to receive theintermediate portion 7 of the holders 9 and be removably secured withinthe recesses or grooves 4 of said holders, which are detachablyconnected within said recesses or groovesliby screws or bolts 10,passing therethrough.

The adjusting-holders 9 are provided with transverse grooves ordepressions 11 and 12, respectively, the former being farther from theattaching-screw hole 13 than the latter to receive the extremities ofthe link or coupling 5, and by securing the extremities of said link orcoupling in either the groove or depression Il or l2 the distancebetween the jaws S can be regulated as desired to iit pipes of dierentsizes. The adjusting-holders 9 may be provided with several grooves ordepressions, if desired, but only two are illustrated in the drawings,while in Fig. 6 only one groove l1' is shown and the remaining surface 7is smooth, and, if desired, the construction may be employed to hold thenonadjustable end of the coupling or link 5.

The operation of our improved pipe-hanger will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the following description thereof:

One extremity of the link or coupling 5 is secured within one of thegrooves or depressions in the adj usting-holder 9, which is then securedwithin the groove or recess 4 of one of the plates or wings, whereuponthe latter is then brought up against the pipe to be supported, so thatthe jaw 8 will partially sur- IOO 2 eavos round the pipe, as clearlyshown in Figs. 1 and 3, while the link or coupling 5 will extend back ofthe pipe in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, and the other wing orplate is then connected to the free end of the link or coupling 5, asbefore described, when the plates are then fastened to the ceiling orWall, the screws or other devices 10 passing through the holes 3 in saidplates.

Ve do not desire to confine ourselves to the specific construction,combination, and arrangements of parts herein shown and described, andwe reserve the right to make all such changes in and modifications ofthe same as come within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a pipe-hanger, a pair of plates provided witli holding-win gs,incombination with an adjusting device comprising a link and groovedclamping members adapted to secure the endsl of the link to the saidplates.

2. In a pipe-hanger a pair of plates provided with holding-wings, incombination with an adjusting device comprising a link and clampingmembers, each having a plurality of grooves to receive the ends of thelink and afford adjustment for the plates.

3. In a pipe-hanger, apair of plates provided with holdin g-win gs incombination with an adjusting device comprising a link and clampingmembers, each having a plurality of grooves at diierent distances fromthe point of attachment of said members to provide adjustment for saidplates.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS FEE. THOMAS MASON. lVitnesses:

CHARLES S. RoGERs, JAMES R. ROGERS.

